BORDER AGENTS ATTACKED: Border Agents Fire Defensively After Car-Ramming Attempt, Democrats Close Ranks Around Gangbangers

Update:  See the latest footage of the attack on the ICE officer from his own perspective.

By Pamela Geller | January 8, 2026

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Federal Border Patrol agents fired defensive shots in Portland after an alleged member of Tren de Aragua attempted to run them over with a vehicle, according to the Department of Homeland Security. DHS confirmed the suspects were illegal Venezuelan nationals tied to the notorious gang’s sex-trafficking and violent criminal operations. Agents identified themselves during a targeted stop; the driver then “weaponized” the vehicle and tried to mow them down. Fearing for their lives, agents fired in self-defense.

Instead of backing federal law enforcement, far-left agitators and Democrat officials rallied in support of the gang suspects—some openly threatening ICE agents with death. Portland city leaders held press conferences condemning Border Patrol, with elected officials dismissing DHS accounts, calling violent gang members their “neighbors,” and demanding federal agents leave the city. This is not protest—it is organized intimidation. Nationwide leftist networks are mobilizing to shield foreign criminal gangs while demonizing the officers enforcing the law. The message from Democrats is unmistakable: side with the gang, target the agent.

Democrats did this. They want bloodshed. They want a revolution. As one commenter said, “they have an illegal army of 20 million illegals to help them accomplish this revolution. They want a complete Communist takeover, one-party-rule. Our country is in a lot of trouble and Republicans have to unite to defeat them.”

Left-wing agitators threaten the lives of our immigration officials:

“We’re going to fucking find you, and we’re going to fucking kill you! You’re going to fucking die, bitch!”

This is directly inspired by Democrat politicians.

One of the those shot by Border Patrol in Portland was a TREN DE ARAGUA MEMBER being targeted by an operation, DHS told Fox

Are the Democrats going to hail a foreign terrorist as a HERO again?

Federal agents shoot 2 alleged Tren de Aragua gangbangers who ‘weaponized’ car in Oregon — day after deadly ICE shooting

By Anna Young, NY Post, Jan. 8, 202

US Customs and Border Protection agents shot two alleged Tren de Aragua gangbangers who federal officials said tried to run them down in a targeted traffic stop in Oregon Thursday afternoon.

The federal agent-involved shooting in Portland came just one day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent gunned down anti-ICE activist Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota.

In the latest shooting, CBP agents fired off defensive rounds when the alleged Venezuelan gang members “weaponized” their car during the stop, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.

Portland Police vehicles and caution tape on a street, marking a crime scene.
ICE agents allegedly shot two people in Portland Thursday afternoon – just one day after federal immigration officers gunned down protester Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota during a chaotic operation.
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The agents identified themselves to the vehicle occupants – but the driver then allegedly tried to mow them down, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said.

“Fearing for his life and safety, an agent fired a defensive shot. The driver drove off with the passenger, fleeing the scene. This situation is evolving, and more information is forthcoming,” McLaughlin said.

Federal officials said the driver is an alleged member of the notorious criminal organization, with the passenger an illegal Venezuelan migrant allegedly affiliated with the gang’s prostitution ring and shootings in Portland.

No other details about the shooting were released.

Portland police said a man and a woman were found with gunshot wounds near Northeast 146th Avenue and East Burnside Street in Portland around 2:20 p.m. local time, after the man called authorities for help.

Police said the shooting unfolded about three miles away.

Officers applied a tourniquet to the pair, who were taken to a local hospital for treatment.

Their condition hasn’t been confirmed.

“We are still in the early stages of this incident,” Chief Bob Day said in a statement, stressing that police had no role in the shooting.

The FBI is leading the investigation.

Mayor Keith Wilson condemned ICE and urged the federal law enforcement agency to halt all operations in Portland pending a full and independent investigation into the shooting.

“Violence in our community is devastating; these are not statistics, they are human beings,” he said at a press conference Thursday night. “Our community deserves answers, our community deserves accountability, and most of all, our community deserves peace.

“Portland is not a training ground for militarized agents. When the administration talks about using full force, we are seeing what it means in our streets.”

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek slammed the shooting as “another terrible unnecessary violent event instigated by the reckless agenda of the Trump administration.”

The Democrat also accused the Department of Homeland Security of endangering public safety.

“We do not need you,” Oregon state Sen. Kayse Jama said of federal immigration agents at the press conference.

“You’re not welcome here and you need to get the hell out of our community.”

The shooting comes in the wake of Good, a 37-year-old mom, being shot dead by an ICE agent Wednesday afternoon in Minneapolis, with footage from the scene appearing to show her striking the officer with her car before he opened fire through the vehicle’s window.

President Trump and Homeland Security officials said the unidentified agent who opened fire did so in self-defense after being struck by Good, whom they labeled a “domestic terrorist.”

After the deadly confrontation, DHS released shocking data that showed car attacks on ICE officers have spiked – surging some 3,200% over the past year.